L&T and Navantia Propose S-80 Plus Submarines with High Indigenous Content for Indian Navy Tender

Larsen & Toubro (L&T), a major Indian engineering firm, has teamed up with Navantia, a shipbuilding company from Spain, to offer India a new generation submarine. They're calling their proposal the S-80 Plus, and it's designed to be a stealthy underwater weapon packed with the latest technology.

But there's another wrinkle to this story that might appeal to India in a big way: almost 60% of the parts for these submarines would be built right here in India! This is a major boost for the Indian government's "Make in India" initiative, which aims to turn India into a hub for manufacturing and technology.

If L&T-Navantia wins the bid, it would mean a big investment in Indian factories and workers. Indian companies would get the chance to build parts for these powerful submarines, gaining valuable skills and experience in the process. This could be a big jump forward for India's domestic defense industry.

Of course, L&T-Navantia isn't the only company vying for this contract. They'll be facing competition, but their focus on using Indian-made parts could be a major advantage.

 

[desigandu]

Will Germany give 100% TOT? If not it is even more useless. India can make submarines at 10+/year also if needed and 100% tech is indigenised. But indigenisation is key. Wasting time and resource buying imported items in limited quantity makes no sense. It is better to save up the money and go for more number of indian submarines after few years. If all parts are Indian, there will be no limit to the scaling of the submarine quantity

10 subs a year by any country today, lest alone India is impossible and not even desirable - we are not Militarizing our entire industrial base, like was done in WW2...Realism is essential for military planning that should stem from a formal national security strategy...Of course you are entitled to your views, but I would caution against insults and anger - a fact based discussion is not just proper ethically, but also helpful for all.

 

[desigandu]

I think like MRFA (unless scrapped) may go to the French Rafales, P-75Is may go to Germany's TKMS 212s...Question - can anyone say with facts which German sub is in play - 212/214/216/218 or heavily customized like the Israeli Dakar class???